Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 5. •

Eisenhower Pledges To Seek Peace For World, Prosperity To America

__ WASHINGTON <UPI) — Presldent Ktenbowt solemnly pledged! today to devote the full ener | gios" of his Last year in the White: House to promote peace in the world and unprecedented proa pertty at home The President hopefully asked the Democratic - controlled Coo great to atop "wrangling' with hla administration and work together with him to achieve these go* Is. He charted the goals for hla last 12 months in office in a State of the Union message to a Joint session of the House and Senate. The message was largely a good news report, but laced with caution. Eisenhower declared that Russia's recent behavior pointed to "the poeaizie opening of a somewhat leas strained period'’ of Soviet - free wordl relationships which would depend on Moscow's Promises Balanced Bndget In his 7.200-word message, the President: —Declared that "1980 promises to be the most prosperous year in our history.” with the government winding up this fiscal year next June with a 200-billion-dollar surplus despite lower revenues because of the steel strike. —Promised a balanced budget for fiscal 1981 but said nothing about lowering taxes. —Disclosed for the first time that this country’s Atlas ballistic missile has been hitting within two miles of target on test after tests over distances of more than 5,000 miles. '.'J " —Proposed no new labor legislation, but said ha intends as a consequence of the long steel dispute "to encourage regular discussions between management and labor outside the bargaining table” to protect the public interest. — —Urged "every possible effort" by steel unions and managment to avoid a steel price increase. Civil Bights Legislation —Said farm law is woefully out-of-date. ineffective and expensive.” and urged Congress to enact legislation that would curb costly surpluses and achieve higher net farm incomes. —Urged civil rights legislation, including right to vote guarantees. —Summoned the nation to an all-out battie against inflation. —Called for congressional action on his request for school legislation “designed to stimulate classroom construction, not by substitution of federal dollars for state and local funds, but incentives to extend and encourage state and focal efforts." —Said there is an "immediate need” for all industrial countries of the free world to cooperate in helping to lift “the scourge of poverty from less fortunate nations. „ . Pleading that “wrangling be put aside and pledging “close and constructive association with the Congress.” the President said: “My deep concern in the next 12 months, before my successor

•' 1,1 ■ ’ " . ..... . — Battle Lingers On Steel Pact

WASHINGTON (UPD — The war over a new steel contract was history today but the battle lingered with a maze of conflicting claims on how much it cost The United Steelworkers’ Union which had accused management of hiking its cost estimates outrageously during negotiations, is now using the same arithmetic to emphasize the value of the settlement to its members. Th* big 11 steel companies, which at first put a billion dollar orize tag on the settlement, appeared to be trying to minimiie the cost of the 30-month package Dowi Grade Value The Eisenhower administration, stressing what Secretary of LaJames P- Mitchell has called the aspect of the agreement, also seemed determined to down-grade its monetary value. — ■ Before labor Pea ce was achieved in the steel industry, it was union strategy to make the companies’ offer appear■ low. Management wanted to do the

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takes office, is with our Joint congressional -executive duty to our own and other nations ... 1 shall I devote my full energies to the tasks at hand, whether these involve travel for promoting greater world understanding, negotiations to reduce international discord, or constant discussions and communications with the Congress and the American people on issues both domestic and foreign." Hopeful Bat Cantioaa He told Congress that: “Every minute spent In irrelevant inter - branch wrangling is precious time taken from the intelligent initiation and adoption of coherent policies for our national survival and progress.” • There were no doubts by the President on the ability of his nation to survive and progress, but, he said the process would not be easy "in a divided world of uneasy equilibrium” where mankind approached a state of possible mutual annihilation. Eisenhower was hopeful but cautious about relations with Russia He thought recent Soviet “deportment and pronouncements suggst the opening of a somewhat less strained period” between East and West. He added, however: “If these pronouncements be genuine, there is brighter hope of diminishing the intensity of past rivalry and eventually of substituting persuasion for coercion. Wether this is to become an era of Lasting promise remains to be tested by actions." He said that while the free world could not afford to be "misled by pleasant promises until they are tested by performance,’ there still must be the effort to break what he called “the calamitous cycle of frustrations and crises which, if unchecked, could spiral into nuclear disaster, the ultimate insanity.” Remain Militarily Strong , Eisenhower cautioned against expecting “sudden and revolutionary results” in getting agreements with Russia. y "But we must find some place to begjn.” he said. One road for a useful start, he said, is “in widening of communications between our two peoples.” ' . .. Another may be through the reopening on Jan. 12 of negotiations for a nuclear test ban. "Still another avenue may be found in the field of disarmament, in which the Soviets have professed a readiness to negotiate seriously,” the President said. “They have not, however, made clear the plans they may have, any, for mutual inspection and verification—the essential condition for any extensive measures of disarmament.” . Eisenhower, obviously mindful of Democratic criticism of his administration’s defense policies, promised that no matter how earnest the quest for peace, America would remain militarily strong even while attempting to negotiate arms reduction.

P Since the contracts were signed, however, the traditional roles have been reversed. Now the union hopes to get credit for winning a fat. bundle of wage-benefit increases while the companies consider it advisable to be described 'as yielding relatively small gains. ? ’ Adds To Confusion The administration, which played a major role in shaping the contract terms, also has an interest in seeing that the contract is viewed as modest in size. An unofficial estimate by government economists has been circulated showing that the settlement is realy a 33-cent package when you boil the water out of the agreement widely described as worth 39-cents an hour. Union Attorney Arthur L. Goldberg has added to the confusion by advising reporters that the companies value the package at 41 centi. This estimate has not been endorsed by the steel producing firms yet.

Farm Leaders Poles Apart On Solutions

UPLAND. Ind. (UPD—lndiana farm leaders are unanimous tn their opuuon that the current farm situation is critical and poses a threat to the economy of the entire nation, but they are poles apart on a cure for the country's [ agricultural ills. That became obvious Wednesday night as four of the state’s leading farm experts took part in a unique "Farm Forum” before a standing-room-only crowd packed Into Taylor University’s tiny Maytag Gymnasium. Taking part in a discussion of “The Farmer's Dilemma: Surpluses and Security.” were Dean Earl L. Butz, head of Purdue University’s School of Agriculture: John C. Raber, president oi the Many From County Between 70 and 90 interested people from Adams county attended the meeting. Ervin Fuelling, president of the Adams county Farm Bureau, stated that his group brought two busloads, with 48 passengers, to the meeting, and numerous others attended on their own. Indiana Tarniers Union; George Doup, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau, and Robert J. Giltner. head of the Mima State Grange. Each expressed divergent views about the farmer and his problems and each had his band of partisan backers among the 3.500 to 4,000 persons on hand, but Raber drew the loudest rounds of applause as he repeatedly took verbal slaps at big business and non-farm interests who helped make agriculture "a national catastrophe.” So great was the interest in the program that Taylor officials had to send to nearby Hartford City for 300 additional chairs to take care Os the overflow crowd which included Governor Handley, dozens of legislators, bank presidents, Federal Land Bank officers, farmers from throughout Hoosierland, and members of the press, radio and television. Handley Talks Handley prefaced the discussion with a short talk in which he termed the current farm situation "the most pressing problem facing not only Indiana but the entire nation.” . Butz, former assistant secretary of agriculture, told the gathering that farmers can expect little help from Congress during the current session because political leaders are jockeying for position in the coming general election ana don’t want to get into anything too controversial.” “The real root of the agricultural income problem lies in the fact that farmers produce annually four to six per cent more food than the market will absorb at what we consider an acceptable, price,” Butz said. “Despite a stepped up surplus disposal program, the government surplus holdings have now passed the nine bilion dollar mark," Butz, who has studied food and agricultural conditions in 25 nations. said the farm problem is not new in America. “The agriculture problem is not of recent origin,” be said. “It has been building up since the early 19305, but has been obscured by the inflationary effects of two WarS ” . . .... The current farm surplus is not the fault of either party or any secretary of agriculture, he said. • "Since 1933 our farm program has run the course of three presidents, five secretaries of agriculture, 13 congresses and 25 to 30 billion dollars," Butz said. Yet we start 1960 at least as far from a real solution as at any time in hi said that during the last nine years, the nations population increased 1.75 per cent annually while farm output increased 2.25 per cent annually. Problem Deep-Rooted He caled for a "redirection of expenditures” to assure that a dollar’s worth of adjustment is obtained for every dollar expended. Butz also advocated an expended

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rural development program to create jobs for farm people who don't want to remain farmees. “‘Die farm problem Is deeprooted in economic maladjustI ments and will not be solved by ! short-time political panaceas." he said. "Farm people are not pawns on the political chessboard of America. Farmers are not for sale to the highest or most irresponsible bidder in the political auction ring." Giltner said the Grange believed the problem could be solved by "self-help programs on a com-modity-by-commodity basis.” The problem of surpluses “i* going to continue to plague us unless effective ways are devised to limit the volume of farm produce going to market," he said. Giltner said a commodity-by-commodity program woOld meet the "unique production and marketing requirements” of each crop and serve the best interests of the producers- of the commodity. "The Grange does not seek a prosperous agriculture at the expense of other segments of our economy, but it insists that labor and industry must not build their prosperity on the shoulders of a depressed agriculture,” he said. Doup warned that “the farmers of Indiana do not want and will not submit to a government-man-aged agriculture" and will leave ! that kind of existence to Russian farmers. * Doup advocated that the federal 1 government retire from production about 60 million crop acres of land: adopt a new wheat pro. gram which would eliminate acreage allotments and marketing quotas; a continuation of price supports as a “marketing tool rather than a device to fix prices; organization of cooperatives and bargaining associations to cut costs, and market expansion both at home and abroad. Raber told the group that “at a time when the shadow of famine hangs over most of the world, America is choking in its abundance ... our energies and our resources are being wasted in a sea of God-given grain.” ■This is not a problem that can be solved by insurance companies, by the board of directors of processing companies, by tax-sup-ported colleges, or even by those of us who are mere farmers,’ Raber said. “It is a national problem—no. it IS a national catastrophe—that concerns each and every one of us.” As a solution, Raber offered a new plan he called the “Federal Farm Reserve Bank of America.” Question Period Raber said his complicated bank plan “is based on the establishment of a farm re\rve corporation, will tional surplus, spending, control ' tion, improve farm agricultural stabilization, conserve our natural resources, and maintain adequate agricultural reserves.” At the conclusion of the discussion, the panel accepted written I questions from the audience. It was this part of the program that was expected to produce verbal fireworks as partisans of each proposed solution took potshots at the exponent of a different solution. But that portion of the program fizzled out because of what the moderator said was., “a lack of time;” Os hundreds’of questions submitted from the floor, only a handful were answered during a brief, 10-minute question-and-an-swer session. The effectiveness of the program was hampered by the limited time allotted each man in which to detail proposed solutions that took months of preparation, and many in the audience apparently went away more confused then when they arrived. Jay Gould, one of the leading agricultural broadcasters in the nation, gave up in his attempt to summarize and appraise discussion by commenting: "The only man who knows the answer to the farm problem is my barber.” - > 2-- / • \ -C

Mobile Home East Os City Destroyed A fierce breeze aided a fife this . morning to destroy a mobile home > and almost all the personal be-[ • longings of the Gene Williamson family at route 5. Decatur. The estimated loss of the mobile • home and belongings was listed, ’ at about 12.500 by fire department 1 officials. ' Fire engines from Decatur and ’ Wren. 0 . battled the blaze, but the wind helped the blaze roar through ' the 35-foot aluminum home. The unit was parked on the Ivan I Roth farm, 2tt miles north of U.S. | I 223 and about a quarter mile west ' of the Indiana-Ohio state line. Roth • is Williamson’s father-in-law. Firemen cooled the burning 1 home long enough to allow the ’ Williamsons time to get the family ' jewels out of the home. A watch. ! rings, and other jewelry were taken out, but none of the other ' personal belongings could be salvaged. the heat was so intense. Williamson. 22. has a wife and ’ a 5-month-old daughter. The home was insured, but the exact amount of the coverage was not revealed. I The sheriff's department also [ assisted at the fire, and reported . the incident. Report Stolen Check Cashed At Geneva Another of the stolen checks from Scott i Seiling, Inc., appear- ; ed in the county this week, when . the Buckmaster Drug Store of Gei neva became another victim of the . unknown check passer. • The payroll checks, which were ! stolen from the Fort Wayne con- ■ cern about two and 'one-half months ago, have been appearing ■ in the Fort Wayne area and sur- • rounding counties with regularity. The previous report of one of the 1 iforged checks frame from the Men- ( nonite Book Store in Berne, a cou- , pie of weeks ago. The check, like most of those passed in the Decatur area, was • issued to a Paul R. Reiter and i signed by W. M. Scott. Local store owners are requested to double check the identification of persons who are requesting a check to be cashed. The check cashed at the Geneva Stere amounted to $45. The customer purchased an inexpensive item, and pocketed the rest. The sheriff's department and state police detectives are investigating. Two Women Killed As Cars Jump Curb AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPD — Two cars collided in front of University hospital here Wednesday then mounted the curb and killed two women. Police charged both drivers with involuntary manslaughter. Advertising Index Advertiser Adams Theater 8 Beavers Oil Service, Inc. 5 Bower Jewejry Store ... j - 3 Johp Brecht Jewelry 2 Budget Loans T Bukets — 6 Burk Elevator Co. 5 Butler Garage —- — 5 Equity Dairy Store 4 Fairway ..' 3 * 8 First State Bank 8 Goodin’s Market ..... -- ® Goodyear Service Store .... 7 Haflich & Morrissey 2 Hammond Market Holthouse Furniture Store ..... 4 L. C. Leonard, Dist. 5 Lords —- —— r - 3 J. J. Newberry Co. ... 3,7 P. N. Hirsch Sc Co., Model Dept. Store 2 Price Men’s Wear 2,3, 4,5, 6,7, 8 Riverside Gardens 4 Leland Smith Ins. Co., Ine. — 5 Schmitt Meat Market .......... 6 Sears-Roebuck & Co. ........... 5 Stewarts Bakery -— ■ 6 Sheets Furniture Co. 8 Smith Drug Co. ..... 2. 5 Shaffer's Restaurant < Sudduth Meat Market .......... 2 Teepie ..— 5 : Teen Togs .— , 3 1

Seek Bodies Os Missing In Airliner Crash BOLIVIA. NC. (UPD-At l:» I a m. a.st. Wednesday Capt. Dale Southard noticed his National Air* lines DCBB had climbed above the I clouds for the first time since leaving New York on its five-hour flight to Miami i The plane, fymg at 18.000 feet over the Cape Fear River, wa» halfway home. Southard radioed this laconic | | message: “Wilmington 27; 18.000; I Azalea 02 gateway. On Instruments to Cofield <NC •. then in and out Or? top for first time over Carolina beadh ' . Sometime within the next 18 I minutes the plane either exploded ■or disintegrated in the air. The bodies of its 29 passengers and [crew of five wera acaitesed OjiTII a square mile modrry. Mack [farmland and pine woods Most of the victims apparently fell free ■from the plane and hit,with such impact that they sank into the soft, *wet soil. Search For Bodies Today, teams of investigators walked over the farm of Richard Randolph picking up slivers of metal and searching for two I bodies still missing. I National Airlines planned to fly relatives of the dead to Wilming- | ton and then drive them to the little fishing village of Southport, N.C. where the bodies lay in the high school gymnasium. The Senate aviation subcommittee. still investigating the crash of a National Airlines DC-7 over the Gulf of Mexico Nov. 16. anInounced it also will study this—the first commercial airline tragedy of 1960 — at a safety hearing Monday. The Nov. 16 wreck, strikingly similar to the one here Wednesday, killed 42 persons. The FBI moved in to investigate the possibility of sabotage, but searchers said there was no evidence of an explosion in the baggage compartment, the mailbags were banged up but Intact. Doing Relief Duty Like all disasters, this one had its ironies. The doomed plane was doing relife dßty for a National Boeing 707 jetliner grounded by a cracked windshield. Seventy-six passengers scheduled for the Boeing boarded an Electra turboprop instead, and 29 climbed into the DC6B. Dr. and Mrs. Alan Lawrence of Tarrytown, N.Y., taking their first vacation since Lawrence began . dental practice at Golden’s Bridge, N.Y., chose the DC6B. , Their two children, left at home with a nurse, survive. New York business executive Murray Edwards and his former wife boarded the doomed plane too early and were asked to get off They made it safely to Florida aboard" the Electra. Report Petition To Hold Third Election A petition to bring about a third election on the question of the sale of the Decatur electric utility is being circulated this week, it was reported Wednesday. ' The petition is being carried by one of thf? members of the citizens [ committee, which opposed the sale ; of the plant at the first election, j and then disappeared during the second election, which took place ( during a political campskn. , ,

Two-Hour Riot In Prison Ends

' 'i-. - . > • WETHERSFIELD, Conn, (UPI) — A mass of 400 shouting convicts led by 50 hard core rioters surged through Connecticut state prison Wednesday night breaking everything in sight and pelting guards with anything that came to hand. - ■■ -- The two-hour riot was brought under control shortly after 11 p.m. by state police tiring tear gas and firemen playing high pressure hoses on the milling convicts. There were no escapes nor were any shots fired. ■' • Cause of the violence was being Investigated and prison authorities will make a» report to Gov. Abraham Ribicoff. A company of the state’s National Guard was mobilized to help quell the riot, but not called into action. State police bolstered the prison staff while the prisoners ran-rampant. Twenty - five j troopers remained overnight as a I precaution.

Annual Report By City Police Chief

Chief of Decatur police. Jam« Border*. prearnUd th* annual ra-l port t«> the city council at TUe»day night « meeting, ahowing that De-i eatur suffered onty two fata Utica! on ita atreeta and highways laat j year, and both were In the same) haddwit. Coming from a total nf 237 acci- 1 dent* and 31 personal injuries, the record of the city police depart-, ment is certainly a fine one. Week-1 end accidents topped tha list as <3: occurred on Fridays and 40 on 'Saturdays On Sunday. 38 took' place, while the number through the weekdays were in the tow 30's. I Teens Head Ltot Os the total. 223 were city motorists. white 240 were non-city residents The teenage driver led the list, being Involved in 107 accidents with 75 in the 25-34 age group and 70 In th 3544 group! ■ Xkr/wfoV) TJM* was the 21-24. group with 52 accidents. I Most of the accidents occurred from 8 a m. to 8 p.m. The largest! single hour wns equally divided with noon. 3 p.m. and 4 p.m..| sharing the figure of 22 accidents for an hour dffratton. The fewest number of accidents occurred from 3 to 7 a.m. with only five being noted during those hours. Station traffic resulted in 6.258 j calls last year, an increase from the 6,043'ca11s in 1957. but a de-j crease from the 6.690 calls in 1958. | Os these. 2,588 were dispatched! to cars last year, which is well above the past two years by more than 500 calls. Traffic Arrests Increase Traffic arrests increased again this year as 172 citizens were tabbed for violations compared to 120 in 1958 and 141 in 1957. Likewise. criminal arrests also in- . creased as 56 were recorded in 1959. 49 in 1958, and 44 in 1957. Os the total traffic arrests. 83 were for speeding and 35 for reckless driving, an indication of the major offenses. Lesser numbers were cited for failure to yield (161, improper pa sing ID, running stop Signs <7l. and others. Public Intoxication led the criminal arrest list with 20. Disorderly conduct was next with 11 and drunk driving and petty larceny followed with 7. The leading age group for criminal and traffic arrests was the 50 and over bracket with 33 Next In Plans Are Announced For Polio Campaign Plans for the National Foundation campaign for funds in Decatur during the month of January were announced today by Charles Gable, city drive chairman. The first events will be held -Saturday with a Blue Crutch sale by teenagers in the downtown section during the day, and a record hop that night nt the Youth and Community Center with all receipts going to the polio fund. Dick Linn has been named chairman of teen-age activities and a different fund-raising event will be held each Saturday during the month. M. J. Pryor is in charge of solicitation of contributions from the retail merchants and George Auer has bejen named chairman of special appeals, including industry and various Decatur women’s clubs and organizations. Kenneth Gaunt is co-chairman of the Decatur drive. J. J. Baker has been appointed official photographer and Roy Kalver is in

Shortly before the 9 p.m. lockup guards had noticed a team of 12 troublemakers moving from group to group during the recreation period. All but 20 or 30 prisoners had been locked In their cells when some of those outside jumped two guards, took their ; keys ahd let the others out. About 400 of the 750 inmates left their cells and began tearing up the cellblock. They were led by about 50 active rioters, Warden Mark .Richmond said. No hostages were taken and the only injuries were a fireman, j Robert McKenzie, who was hit on the head with a pipe and treated at a hospital, and an inmate the warden said was badly beaten by other prisoners because they mistakenly thought he was a stool 1 pigeon. —- The century-old prison, which is ' being replaced by a new institu- 1 tion, was the scene of a hunger strike two years ago. •’

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IUW WM the wMh M arrvata. The Jowr. t group •** • J*** old' with 1 The 45-49 group «>/ had 9. (rime twereaee. A comparative bre«k<Jbwn of criminal rates over a thyee ytort pjrrtod (bowed a definite trand for Increeaed crime. but alan a varymf record fit caara clnaao. Burglary with no safe involved, for example. W" a major offerrw in Decatur lart year. Os 1? caaaa reported and Invwrtigatrd. ofte wea etoeed. In IBM. >0 were reported, but I were Hoard And la 1957. IS were reported but none Hoard In vehicle taking during 19M. sewn ca«e» wrr investigated and doad In IBM. aia were noted and ffHir were solved. In this instance the investigation proved more fruitful. In general. 257 crimes were reported last year compared to 245 in IBM. and 14* In 1957. showing a steady rate of climb In 1959. 81 case* were closed, and 102 were eloaed in IBM, and only 44 in 1957. Os course, some of those from 1959 are still pelting. as arc a few from other yean. City Accidents Dip Accidents within the city limits, however, over a three-ycnr period are on a marked decline Tn 1957, 344 were noted. 287 in 1958 and 257 in 1959 Injuries remain about the same year after year with 32 being a good guess for a town the size of Decatur. And over the three years. Die teen driver leads the list in accidents. Os course, this driver is also most plentiful and builds up more driving hours than a comparative age group. The approximate amount of property damage in 1959 was $52.697, while the 19M figure was $51,916 and $58,143 for 1957, no marked change in this category. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy with no important temperature changes this afternoon, tonight and Friday. Lew* tonight 26 to 32. Highs Friday 35 to 42 north, in the 49a aouth. Sunset today 9:37 p.m. S.d.t. Sunrise Friday 8:96 a m. edl.t Outlook for Saturday: Little change. Low Friday night 25 to 35. High Saturday In Jhe 4M. ; charge of publicity. Mrs. Robert - Worthman is in charge of collections in the city schools. Mrs. George Bair is chairman of the Mothers’ March to be held later this month. Funds in the treasury of the Adams county chapter have been practically depleted during the past year, due to the outlay of money to care for previous polio victims. Several orthopedic operations. braces, special shoes and the like were paid for by the local chapter. In addition to furnishing aid to polio victims the National Foundation has embarked on a research campaign to discover the cause and cure of arthritis in children and birth defects. License Plate Sale - Is Reported Brisk A rush to purchase new 1960 license plates has put the Decatur license branch well ahead of last year’s sales as 1,310 have been sold as of noon Thursday, a Mrs. LaVelfe Death, brtfiwh manager, said that at a corresponding date in 1959, 1,200 had been sold. A total of 5,498 plates were sold to Decatur residents last year. . . i 'J, In comparing the 1959 figure to the 1951 figures, a population increase, or increase of “sceond” cars can be vividly seen. In 1951. 3,620 plates were sold in Decatur, while almost 10 years later, the figure has almost doubled. The cause of the surge can be put to more persons available buying cars, or more families are enjoying the luxury of a "second” car, all of which require plates. The bidding on the J A 1960 plate is still topped by Yost Construction with a S3O bid. The proceeds go to the Adams county Cancer society. Bids can be called in to the license branch office 3-3803. or the Daily Democrat, 3-2121.’ Army Draft Cal! 6,000 For March WASHINGTON (U P D - The Army will draft 6,000 men tn March, the same as February’s total. Inductions during January are scheduled to total 7,W0, The March call, issued Wednes-day--will tiring to 2,509,490 > total inductions since the draft was revived at the start of the Korean; war in 1950, . ■ r-- . ' _ • w ' ' ~ ■ fl i>< - ’ I